Ancient Alders: New work by Tansy Lee Moir

These nine new works by Tansy Lee Moir are inspired by visits to ancient alder trees in Dumfries and Galloway and Aberdeenshire. Alders are associated with boggy places, other worlds, and what Tansy thinks of as 'thin places.' They also continue the artist's long-time experimentation with charcoal, the woodiest of artists’ medium.

'These alder trees in open wood pasture call me back. They have space to stretch out sideways, so don’t need to grow tall, and have striking silhouettes with angular and unruly limbs. When a branch breaks its interior glows a startling orange like hot lava, as if on fire. Their trunks are enjoyably unkempt, often hollowing but with straggly new growth around their base.'